Seems like we are now into the subject regarding prayers, and
since we were on this, lets have a look at Jesus' response to this
subject.
here in Luke, the writer wrote Him as saying, when you pray, say
this, but in Matthew, it is as, This then is how you should
pray.
The common part of these is that the address is to the God the
Heavenly Father directly. While some may argue that this previledge
is accorded only to Jesus, if this is so, why then Jesus himself
says, "This, then is how you should pray."?
Jesus' Teaching on
Prayer
Luke 11:1-13 (NIV)
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one
of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John
taught his disciples."
He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' "
Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and he goes
to him at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of
bread, because a friend of mine on a journey has come to me, and I
have nothing to set before him.'
"Then the one inside answers, 'Don't bother me. The door is already
locked, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give
you anything.' I tell you, though he will not get up and give him
the bread because he is his friend, yet because of the man's
boldness he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
"So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you
will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone
who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the
door will be opened.
"Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a
snake instead? Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the
Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"
Matt 6:7-15 (NIV)
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they
think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be
like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask
him.
"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.' For if you forgive men when they
sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if
you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive
your sins.
